“From Nothing to One” 2019
First solo show in New York City
My work explores memory, transformation, and the space between presence and absence. The paintings begin with sessions of automatic drawing and painting, allowing intuitive gestures to surface before conscious decisions guide the process forward. Through layering, removal, and revision, the image slowly reveals itself — like a figure emerging from stone.
I approach painting as a dialogue between stillness and motion. Negative space becomes a field of quiet, while fragmented forms suggest movement and instability. The subjects remain intentionally unresolved; they exist as traces rather than fixed identities, inviting multiple interpretations.
In recent work, I have embraced the idea of incompleteness — the understanding that everything is in constant transformation. Nothing is absolute, and meaning shifts with time and perception. Each painting is meant to evolve with the viewer, offering new readings at every encounter and becoming a continuous source of reflection and discovery.
Bio.
Carlos RM (b. 1981, Bogotá, Colombia) is a painter whose work investigates memory, fragmentation, and evolving forms through layered abstraction. He began studying oil painting at an early age under artist Maria Elena Gallo before relocating to the United States in 1994.
In 1997, after visiting the studio of Miguel Malgaret, he committed to pursuing art professionally, later working and studying in Malgaret’s studio from 1998 to 2002. In 2012, Carlos moved to New York City, where he continued his studies at the Art Students League of New York with Robert Cenedella while working as an art handler for museums, auction houses, and galleries.
Carlos currently lives and works in Norwalk, Connecticut. His recent paintings focus on themes of incompleteness, motion, memory, and the shifting nature of identity.
Solo Shows
“A Journey Through The Planes of Being” September 2023 - December 2023 The Norwalk Art Space. Norwalk, CT
“From Nothing to One” October 2019. ILevel Gallery. New York, NY.
Selected Group Shows
“Alternative Realities” February - April 2023 The Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT
“The Yard” by Kontempo. September 2019. The Yard Brooklyn, NY.
ILevel staff show. June 2019. ILevel Gallery. New York, NY
Kontempo presents “Prolific Minds”. 2019. Novo Gallery, New York, NY.
"Trust the Process" curated by Emily Cheng. 2018. Sotheby's Institute of Art. New York, NY.
HoratioCarson present "POST-POP". 2018. New York, NY.
"In Conversation" Sotheby's Employee Art Show. 2017. New York, NY.
LIC Arts Open @ Plaxall Gallery. 2017. Long Island City, NY,
“No Reserve” Sotheby’s Staff Art Show. 2016 New York, NY
"Art Works" Sotheby's Employee Art Show. 2015 New York, NY
"Twelve Inches of Fame"2014. Castle-Fitzjohns Gallery New York, NY.
“Anything But The Truth” 2013. Class of Robert Cenedella, The Art Students League of New York.
D'Art Vine Gallery 2011-2012 Hollywood, Florida
Satellite Art & Design at Miami Art Space . 2009 Art Basel Miami, Florida
Hortt Salon des refuses at Gallery 701 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2003
Cornell Art Museum Delray Beach, Florida 2002
The Society of The Four Arts. Exhibition of American Paintings and Photography West Palm Beach, Florida 2002
“Self Portrait in the Studio 2015” New York City.
“From Nothing to One” 2019
First solo show in New York City